Something strange?

[tanzanos]

Thank you very much but, I must decline to use the tool as reading the instructions I got cold feet! I am not confident enough to delve into such deep waters. 

I do however deeply appreciate all the help you have given me. I can live with the slow boot so long as the system is working, and so far it seems to be doing just that.

[essexboy]

Actually it is not that difficult .. In a nutshell you download that small programme (Win32 Development Tools ) and run the relevant cpu programme
Then type the command  xbootmgr -trace boot -prepSystem -verboseReadyBoot  into an elevated prompt 
The system will reboot 6 times and all you need to do is allow the tool to elevate (UAC) after each boot

My 7 boot time is sub  30 seconds

[tanzanos]

I use Auslogic's defrag; Does this mean that I will no longer be able to use it and MS defrag too?

[tanzanos]

I tried it and got this error (please see attached screen shot).

[tanzanos]

OK I got it to install. Which of the many progs do I run?

[essexboy]

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\Bin\wpt_x64.msi  is the one you need

[tanzanos]

OK i installed it and which of the tools in WPT do I run?

[essexboy]

Once you have installed the MSI then open an elevated command prompt

Go Start > All Programs > Accessories
Right click command prompt and select run as Administrator
paste in the following Command :

xbootmgr -trace boot -prepSystem -verboseReadyBoot 

Press return and the boot sequencing will start

[tanzanos]

OK! down to 3 minute boot! If I want to defrag which prog do I use now?

[essexboy]

Use windows defragmenter as it will know exactly where to put the files on the drive for optimal boot

OK could you go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Performance Toolkit
Locate the file Xperfview
Double click the file
Click File > Open and navigate to C:\Windows\System32
And select the file bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_6

Could you post a screenshot of the last but one graph

[essexboy]

Next screen

[tanzanos]

OK!

[essexboy]

Could you scroll down the one I need to see is just like the one I posted....  As this shows the files loaded and the times and will reveal what is causing the blockage

[tanzanos]

This one?

[essexboy]

OK looking at that could you do the following :

Go to Control Panel >  Administrative tools > Services

Right click the following services select Properties and then select Manual

Bonjour Service
Adobe ARM
Ntune
MsqsecSqlExpress

Once done reboot